First Lord of the British Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes visits the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland towards the end of World War I. A statement to the Press of America in which Sir Eric Geddes pays tribute to the U.S. Navy. Midshipmen stand in formation. They march towards quarters. The Naval Academy water front. Sir Eric Geddes, British Admiral Alexander Duff and another British Navy officers pose on parade ground. Two officers spread the British flag.
U.S. Superdreadnought, Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) in the Brooklyn Naval Yard in New York City. U.S. sailors look at the battleship in the harbor. A navy officer with a mascot dog. Sailors ready to board the battleship. They carry sea bags and embark on the battleship. The USS Tennessee, underway. Different time: December 25, 1918, Cluster of ships and boats in the East River, in New York City, during Naval Review. The Presidential yacht, Mayflower, in the river.
U.S. warships maneuver in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship's crew around gun turrets aboard USS Nevada (BB-36) underway. Blinker of the ship signals. U.S. battleship, Tennessee (BB-43) in the background. Ships' blinkers signal. Ships' crew on deck of the USS Tennessee; her turrets of 3 guns each are covered in tarpolins. Battleships in heavy seas, guns swung to port. The Captain stands talking to another officer when a wave washes across the deck and wets them both.
U.S. warships maneuver in the Atlantic Ocean. View from deck of a destroyer, with black smoke billowing from its stack, in strong winds. A sailor,wearing lifevest, looks through binoculars. A Navy officer steps to the deck with binoculars, and the sailor hunches down so as not to obstruct the officer's view, and stands up again, only after the offiicer leaves. Binocular view of a destroyer underway in heavy seas. Another officer arrives and looks through binoculars. Binocular view of U.S. battleships underway, in relatively calm seas.
Flotilla of U.S. destroyers underway in formation. Torpedo tubes and depth charges seen on aft deck of a destroyer churning up considerable wake, as it moves at high speed. A sailor climbs upon a seat atop the torpedo tube assembly, while another sailor rotates the assenble to port. The torpedoman uses controls to aim the tubes. View from different time and location, shows a torpedo being launched from tube in very calm waters. The torpedo makes big splash as it hits water and another soon after, before proceeding away, across an open bay. A line of battleships firing salvoes from their heavy guns. The smoke raised is so dense, that it obscures the entire scene completely.
South Korean troops in Korea during the Korean War. A group of soldiers marches along a road holding the U.S. flags. A band plays. South Korean troops march. U.S. Marines disembark from a ship and advance inland in Korea. The soldiers march along a rocky field. Men carry a boat across the rocky field.
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